THE Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) has started releasing water from the near full Hume Dam as more rain was expected to fall.

The MDBA increased daily releases from 10 gigalitres (GL) to 31GL in the past week to manage airspace, after it revealed there was now a "high chance" of significant flooding downstream of Hume Dam if further heavy rainfall occurred.

WaterNSW said the dam, which captured winter and spring rainfall from snow fields and releases it to regulate the flow of the Murray River, was at 98.5 per cent ca...